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Directed by Joe D'Amato.
Joe D'Amato, notorious director of numerous Euro-porn epics, manages to exploit even more perverse theme material in this necrophiliac love story about a disturbed young taxidermist so bereaved over the loss of his fiancee that he exhumes and preserves her corpse to keep him company. When the stuffed cadaver no longer offers erotic satisfaction, he sets out with the help of his spooky housekeeper to find a new bride, murdering any prospects who don't measure up to his twisted standards -- or sometimes just for the fun of it -- and dissecting them in his convenient in-home mortuary. As grotesque and graphic as this film may be, it is made all the more grim by its straightforward dramatic presentation (as if this were no more than a slightly off-kilter romantic tragedy), with atmospheric photography and a moody score by Goblin. Viewers who might consider the devouring of a human heart in poor taste are advised to avoid this film. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide
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Dr_GorDr_Gor Re:Tired of the 'torture porn' ...
by Dr_Gor in HORROR MOVIES 101
loved it.
"I think you guys missed the point of my earlier post... There actually IS a subgenre of 'film' (I will not use the word 'movie' here) which is correctly identified as 'torture-porn' . I have a few of these in my collection, and NONE of the 'mainstream' movies you have mentioned above even remotely come close to qualifying for this title! I'm quite certain that a few people in this group are at least familiar with this type of movie but are afraid to say anything... So, yeah, calling movies like 'Hostel' , etc. 'torture-porn' is completely wrong and misleading... About the only semi-mainstream movie I can think of that even comes close would be Last House On The Left ... But even that is not a true 'torture-porn'... In another discussion I talked about Joe D'Amato's Buried Alive ... that one comes close as well, but it is still not quite the real deal... you will know 'torture-porn' whe ... " [More]
Dr_GorDr_Gor Re: Always a hot topic - what's ...
by Dr_Gor in Gorrible
loved it.
"I am going to make a bold attempt to revive this discussion (and this group) from the ashes... After having seen MORE than thousands of them, I feel I can definately proclaim what I, Dr. Gor, feel is THE goriest movie ever made.. That movie is .. Buried Alive (aka Beyond The Darkness etc.) from Joe D'Amato.. Yes, this movie outranks such bloodbaths as Dead Alive and Re-Animator in the 'severed limbs' category... at least in quality if not in quantity ... Not only is the Gore very juicey indeed, but it is also of the most 'disturbing' kind... A girl has all 10 of her fingernails ripped off with a pair of pliers before she is killed, in graphic detail; for example... " [More]
Dr_GorDr_Gor Re:Re:Re:Top 31 Horror films of ...
by Dr_Gor in HORROR MOVIES 101
loved it.
"In the interest of science, and fairness, I will check out your list only after I have posted mine... might be interesting... " [More]
Phantasma-gore-iaPhantasma-gore-ia Top Five Gore on bloodgutsandgo ...
by Phantasma-gore-ia in Top 5
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"The absolute, gut-spewing, blood-letting, gore-flying flick of all time, in history: #1 Dead Alive.#2: also by Peter Jackson and right repulsive on its own: Bad Taste#3: the first not by PJ, but by Paul Verhoeven: Starship Troopers#4: Japanese sicko Takashi Miike's mind-warped Ichi the Killerand the #5 goriest: Clive Barker's Lord of IllusionsIf you've seen and were repulsed by these, you'll undoubtedly find much more to spew over at http://www.bloodgutsandgore.co m, my Internet shrine to all that's bloody, gory and generally messed up. " [More]
Phantasma-gore-iaPhantasma-gore-ia Re: Always a hot topic - what's ...
by Phantasma-gore-ia in Gorrible
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"I rated the original Evil Dead an 8/10, quite messy; Evil Dead II was 5/10. ;) " [More]
 



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